AUOOST 6, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 





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Fair Haven, lilass. — Peter Murray is 

 adding one house, 30x150, and two 

 others for bedding plants. He is also 

 making other improvements in his range. 



St. Iiouis, Mo. — Julius A. Wolff, son 

 of the Philadelphia florist, was married 



• at Clayton July 29 to Miss Marjorie I. 



'vAdams. The bride and bridegroom are 

 on their way east to visit the parents 

 of the bridegroom. 



Lawrence, Mass. — Thornton Bros, are 

 now established in their new store in 

 the Oswald block. The building is a 

 new one, in the heart of the business 

 district, and the store was fitted up 

 especially for this firm's business. The 

 display window is kept up to the min- 

 ute by an experienced decorator. 



Greeley, Oolo.^ — Miss Helen Peery, 

 bookkeeper and saleslady for Ellis the 

 Florist, ,is spending her three weeks ' 

 vacation in the Rocky mountains with 

 her sister. Charles Swagyer, in busi- 

 ness at Cheyenne, Wyo., spent Friday, 

 July 24, with Mr. Ellis. 



Mamaroneck, N. Y. — The annual out- 

 ing of the Westchester and Fairfield 

 Horticultural Society will be held at 

 Edwards' Eye Beach hotel, August 11. 

 Games start at 10:30 a. m. Dinner tick- 

 ets can be obtained from W. J. Sealey, 

 Portchester, N, Y., at $1.50 a person. 

 The fall show of this society will be 

 held in Germania hall, New Bochelle, 

 N. Y,, November 4 to 6. 



Charlevoix, Mich.— B. B. Blair has 

 retired from business, having sold his 

 establishment to Babcock & Son. Mr. 

 Blair has been in business here for four- 

 teen years and built up a good busi- 

 ness. The property just sold includes 

 six greenhouses, comprising 14,000 feet 

 of glass, and a good-sized tract of land 

 used for perennials, etc. 



Moscow, Idaho.— Scott Bros., pro- 

 prietors of the Roselawn Greenhouses, 

 are putting in a 50-horse-power boiler 

 and building a propagating house, 9x 

 . 125 feet. Carnations and chrysanthe- 

 mums are all benched and stock is look- 

 ing fine. Edwin G. Scott recently re- 

 turned from a ten days' visit on the 

 coast. He witnessed the rose carnival 

 at Portland and called on growers and 

 retailers in that city and in Seattle and 

 Tacoma. 



RockviUo Center, N. Y.— George T. 

 Schuneman has completed the new 

 house 65x300 of Hitchings iron-frame 

 construction, and is as proud as a boy 

 with a new toy. The house has nine 

 leet of glass in the side walls and is to 

 be used for the new winter-blooming 

 Spencer sweet peas. Mr. Schuneman 

 Degan business in 1888 and soon estab- 

 iisfted a reputation as a violet special- 

 h\ ^^^^^^ violet lost marketability 

 ne turned to winter sweet peas and had 

 equal success. 



Taunton, Mass. — A. R. Field, of North 

 Taunton, is putting a 60-foot- addition 

 on his greenhouse and making extensive 

 repairs. 



Hawk, N. C. — Aaron Buchanan is 

 building a frost-proof structure 18x30 

 and eight feet high, with stone and con- 

 crete walls sixteen inches thick, for the 

 storage of evergreens. 



Grand Sapids, Mich. — Freyling & 

 Mendels, who established their business 

 in 1875 but incorporated in 1913 as the 

 Wealthy Avenue Floral Co., are build- 

 ing a show house 22x65. 



Judge the Tree 

 by Its Fruit 



All you n«ed to do to sell stock 

 is to have the goods, make the price 

 right and then put it all in The 

 Review, and bingo!— she's sold.— 

 Lampert Floral Co., Xeaia, 0., July 

 21, 1914. 



Cedar FaUs, la.— The company which 

 was recently organized to grow roses 

 here on a large scale, under the man- 

 agership of George Bancroft, has 

 merged with the firm of Joseph Ban- 

 croft & Son, and the business of the 

 two concerns will be placed in the 

 hands of George Bancroft, who for 

 many years ^^ as connected with the lat- 

 ter firm. 



Thorsby, Ala.— On account of the 

 great demand for their stock last sea- 

 son, Howard Bros, are erecting another 

 greenhouse this summer, the material 



T I ^'^r '? '^^'^^ furnished by the 

 John C. Moninger Co.. of Chicago/ This 

 IS the fourth house in their range, all 

 of which are devoted exclusively to 

 growing carnations for the wholesale 

 trade. The carnation plants are look- 

 ing €ne, although the weather has been 

 hot and dry during the last two months. 

 Howard Bros, are waiting for rain to 

 begin housing the plants. 



New Bedford, Mass. — Post & Gray, 

 who have succeeded to the Woodhouse 

 greenhouses, are getting nicely into 

 shape for fall business. 



Fall Biver, Mass. — Mrs. T. W. Law- 

 ton, the pioneer lady fiorist, is yet ac- 

 tive in business. The houses are being 

 overhauled for fall planting. Crego as- 

 ters are quite satisfactory. 



Westerly, R. I.— S. J. Renter & Son, 

 Inc., states that an order has been 

 given the King Construction Co., North 

 Tonawanda, N. Y., for material for a 

 house 42x175, flat rafter construction. 

 This is the only building the Reuter 

 concern will do this season. 



Shenandoah, la.— The Stevens Floral 

 Co. will build three greenhouses, 25x100, 

 and a display room on the lot between 

 the Central hotel and the Carnegie li- 

 brary, which was purchased last week 

 for $6,000. The house now on the lot 

 will be moved early in August and 

 l^uilding begun, 



Tarrytown, N. Y. — The annual outing 

 of the Tarrytown Horticultural Society 

 took place August 4 at Rye Beach, N. Y., 

 shore dinner at Edwards' Beach Hill 

 hotel. This is always a pleasant gath- 

 ering of the members and friends of the 

 society, and the 1914 affair was no ex- 

 ception to the rule. 



Columbus, O.— Sealed bids for the 

 construction of a greenhouse at Ohio 

 State University, in accordance with 

 plans and specifications prepared by 

 Joseph N. Bradford, university archi- 

 tect, will be received at the office of the 

 board of trustees until LOon Monday, 

 August 17. Proposals include the mate- 

 rials and erection. 



Creston, la.— The Creston Green- 

 houses & Floral Co., of which Carl 

 Gehrecke is the proprietor, is adding 

 a large house this year, which com- 

 prises as many feet of glass as the 

 three houses which the company built 

 during 1912 and 1913. This serves to 

 indicate, Mr. Gehrecke believes, how 

 rapidly a business may grow in this 

 short time in a "small town, even in the 

 face of strong competition. 



Lincoln, HI.— By the time the firm of 

 Gullett & Sons celebrates its fiftieth an- 

 niversary next year, the addition of a 

 new range to take care of their whole- 

 sale business will have been completed. 

 The retail business will be conducted at 

 the present establishment, at Tremont 

 and Logan streets, and on the five acres 

 of the firm near Tremont and Sherman 

 streets the new range will be erected. 

 July 6 Gullett & Sons purchased two 

 blocks in the Mayfield addition, which 

 has already been surveyed for building 

 and the location of the boiler rooms. 

 The city council has been petitioned to 

 vacate that part of the Gullett prop- 

 erty which has been platted but never 

 used for building purposes. 



